Title The Wilds Of Patagonia. A Narrative of the Swedish Expedition to Patagonia Tierra Del Fuego and the Falklands Islands in 1907-1909.

Binding hardcover

Book Condition xix, 336pp, 53 illusts, 3 maps, 2 folding, original decorative boards, small tear and chip to head of spine, light wear to extremities, bottom corners a little bumped, a few pages unopened, VG-. An attractive copy. A scarce title.

Edition 1911 First Edition

Publisher Edward Arnold 1911

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The Swedish Magellanic expedition, 1907–09 was a scientific expedition undertaken by Carl Skottsberg, Percy Quensel and Thore Halle to study the geography, geology and flora of Patagonia. Other areas studied include Tierra del Fuego, Falkland Islands, Juan Fernández Islands, Chiloé Archipelago and Central Chile. Another of the expeditions goals was to study the Alakaluf Indians that lived in the channels of western Patagonia.